Reading FC sign Karl Sheppard

Reading have completed the free transfer of Karl Sheppard from Shamrock Rovers on a two-and-a-half-year deal

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Reading have completed the free transfer of Karl Sheppard from Shamrock Rovers on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

As exclusively revealed in the Reading Post on Wednesday, the 20-year-old striker had a medical at the club on Monday after rejecting the advances of Royals’ Championship rivals Blackpool, Cardiff City, Watford and Peterborough United.

Brian McDermott had been tracking the former Everton trainee for some time and he and director of football Nick Hammond had made several trips to Dublin to scout Sheppard.